Bulgaria–Netherlands relations

Bulgarian-Dutch relations are foreign relations between Bulgaria and the Netherlands. Bulgaria has an embassy in The Hague. The Netherlands has an embassy in Sofia. Both countries are members of the European Union and the NATO. the Netherlands has given full support to Bulgaria's membership in the European Union and NATO.

Bulgarian-Dutch relations
Map indicating locations of Bulgaria and Netherlands

Bulgaria
Netherlands
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of Bulgaria, The HagueEmbassy of the Netherlands, Sofia

Country comparison
Bulgaria Bulgaria Netherlands the Netherlands
Coat of arms
Population 6,951,482 17,188,851[1]
Area 110,993.6 km2 (42,854.9 sq mi) 41,543 km2 (16,033 sq mi)
Population Density 63/km2 (163.2/sq mi) 415.1/km2 (1,075.1/sq mi)
Capital Sofia Amsterdam (capital), The Hague (seat of government)
Largest City Sofia – 1,241,675 (1,678,041 Metro) Amsterdam – 851,573 (2,431,000 Metro)
Government Unitary parliamentary republic Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Official language Bulgarian Dutch
Current Leader President Rumen Radev
Prime Minister Kiril Petkov		 Monarch Willem-Alexander
Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Main religions 82.64% Eastern Orthodox Christians, 12.20% Islam, 0.55%
Catholic Christians, 0.53% Protestant Christians, 0.19% Other, 3.57%
Does not self-identify,
0.31% Not shown		 50.1% unaffiliated, 23.7% Roman Catholic, 6.5% Dutch Reformed Church, 5.7% Protestant Church in the Netherlands, 3.3% Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, 4.9% Islam, 4.6% other, 0.6% Hinduism, 0.4% Buddhism, 0.1% Judaism[2][3]
Ethnic groups 84.8% Bulgarians,
8.8% Turks, 4.9% Roma, 0.7% others		 79.3% Dutch, 6.3% other European, 4.9% Indo, 2.4% Turkish, 2.2% Moroccan-Dutch, 2.1% Surinamese, 0.9% Caribbean, 0.3% Chinese, 0.3% Iraqi, 3.9% other
GDP (PPP) $180.170 billion, $26,034 per capita $945.327 billion[4]

Royal Visits to Bulgaria

Diplomacy

See also

References
  1. "Population counter". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. Schmeets, Hans (2016). De religieuze kaart van Nederland, 2010–2015 (PDF). Centraal Bureau voor der Statistiek. p. 5.
  3. CBS. "Helft Nederlanders is kerkelijk of religieus". www.cbs.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  4. "Netherlands". International Monetary Fund. April 2018.,
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